Optima II

Customer Reviews

This thing is Tits! Review by Kenny

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The party line has long been to not get an audible until >100 jumps. I don't agree. I bought one as soon as I came off student status. It's a wonderful little device. I've already had a wrist alti fail on me. I went low because of it. I'm too new to recognize altitudes by sight. This serves as a backup alti.Plus, If I ever lose alti awareness while jumping w/others? It will be there for me. If my alti craps out? I'll still know my landing pattern altitudes. It reduces stress. It provides an additional layer of safety. It's a common sense, basic safety measure. It's also a whole lot cheaper than a broken leg, or worse... I think it's foolish to deny students this based on tired old dogma.

You can check altitude during climb in real-time ten foot increments. You can adjust both pitch & volume of the various alarms (very important if you've hearing damage, as I do). You can set the various alarms to pretty much whatever alts you please. Add in L&B's no-worries customer service, & this becomes a no-brainer. (Posted on 7/3/11)